Okay film. The Lunga character is pretty cool so i'll give the film that but it is kind of lackluster.
It had more to do with my expectations than with the actual film i guess but the film surrounds itself with this political film aura and does not live up to it. I mean it has some nods to brazilian politics like the whole "south Brazil" (referencing the small but still frightening contingent of south separatists) or the fact that the film takes place in Pernambuco and the whole context of exploration that the northeast of Brazil has faced for since the country was first colonized by Portugal. But that is it. I thought the film would develop even just a little bit the social economic situation of this dystopian Brazil but no they do not. It just kind of goes into this Hostel situation where rich american people kill the citizens of Bacurau for fun. I mean, the film is good for what it is, but the political aspect of it is really underdeveloped.
Also, the film builds this theme of neo colonization and the oppression of Brazil by Europe and North America but ultimately ditches all of that by making the villains not act in bigotry but in complete insanity.
Anyway, that's just me. The film is good if you don't really mind the politics. My only complaint is that in its politics the film COULD'VE AND SHOULD'VE gone even further.
Also, the film builds this theme of neo colonization and the oppression of Brazil by Europe and North America but ultimately ditches all of that by making the villains not act in bigotry but in complete insanity.
Anyway, that's just me. The film is good if you don't really mind the politics. My only complaint is that in its politics the film COULD'VE AND SHOULD'VE gone even further.